Two journalists share CJA Ingram Fellowship to study at Cambridge
The Derek Ingram Press Fellowship, set up in honour of the distinguished co-founder of the CJA, is now in its second year, and thanks to the availability of extra funding, we have been able to select not one Fellow, as in the inaugural year, but two. Wolfson College, Cambridge, which runs the Fellowship in conjunction […]
How Western media can get it wrong – CJA Fellowship helps Pakistani journalist correct the balance
In 2024 Saad Zuberi, a highly experienced Pakistani journalist, became the first Derek Ingram Press Fellow to spend a term at Wolfson College, Cambridge. Saad, who writes below about his time at Wolfson, was able to research the interaction – not always easy or comfortable – between international journalists reporting on the Global South and […]
The many ways a troublesome voice can be silenced …
This article was first published by Article 14, an independent lobby group named after the chapter of the European Convention on Human Rights intended to protect rights and freedoms. A new crackdown in India has left independent news websites, such as The File and The Reporters’ Collective, grappling with financial uncertainty and the threat of […]
Bangladesh accused over cyberspace law
The international human rights organization Article 19, dedicated to promoting freedom of expression and the right to information, has called for meaningful consultations with relevant bodies before the enactment of a Cyber Protection law in Bangladesh. It claims the draft law in its present form could severely undermine independent journalism, as well as the rights […]
Aspiring journalists in India see doors closing – a sign of the times?
By John Thomas, international correspondent and journalism tutor. The Indian Institute of Journalism & New Media (IIJNM) in Bangalore, pictured, was to start its 2024-25 academic year in July, welcoming its 25th batch of students. But it was not to be, as the institute announced that it was giving up and returning the fees to […]
Murray Burt, media rights advocate and role model
CJA stalwart and former president, Murray Burt, has died in Winnipeg, Canada, aged 90. Murray was an advocate for the rights of journalists throughout the world, believed strongly in the founding principles of the CJA to fight for media freedom, and was a role model for many young journalists. The following tribute comes from current […]
An opportunity to study journalism’s role in your society – apply for the fully-funded Derek Ingram Fellowship
Picture shows the inaugural Derek Ingram Press Fellow, Saad Zuberi of Pakistan, right, with CJA-UK President Raymond Whitaker. See his personal story How Western media can get it wrong – CJA Fellowship helps Pakistani journalist correct the balance, next to this article on the Home Page. x The Commonwealth Journalists Association is now inviting applications […]
How international law can rescue free speech
Colonial-era laws are a crippling barrier to free speech and press freedom in Commonwealth countries – made clear in Freedom of Speech in International Law, a publication reviewed by WILLIAM HORSLEY. The global struggle to protect free speech has reached a new fever pitch. The power of news media to act as a safeguard against […]
How we help to launch careers in journalism
Picture shows CJA UK President Raymond Whitaker with journalism students at the launch of the mentoring scheme at the University of Westminster, in London. After a successful pilot scheme in 2023, the Commonwealth Journalists Association has now assembled a new team of young journalists to be monitored in the UK in 2024. They will be […]
Young citizen journalists in Pakistan give a voice to Afghan refugees
Picture shows an Afghan citizen journalist filming a tailor making traditional dresses in Peshawar. Although fairly young at age 24, Nooria Bazwan, pictured, has seen and experienced enough to tell compelling stories – stories that can change reader and listener minds about many issues. Born in Afghanistan, Bazwan’s family fled to Pakistan in 2001 just as the U.S.-led […]